Scythe-snathe.



H. B. HEWITT.

SCYTHE SNATHE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 1912.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO" PHOTO LITHOQ WAhnINGTON. D L.

TYNTTED STATES ATl-ENT @FFIUI HORACE B. HEWITT, 0F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO NORTH INDIANAPOLIS CRADLE WORKS, OF NOB/TI; INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, A CORPORA- TION OF INDIANA.

SCYTHE-SNATHE.

Application filed May 4, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE B. HEWITT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, Marion county, and State of Indiana, have invented and discovered certain new and useful Improvements 1n Scythe-Snathes, of which the following is a specification.

In the use of scythe snathes employing a ring or rings and Wedge in the means for securing the scythe to the snathe, much trouble and expense results from the frequent loss of the rings which slide from the snathe unless special means is provided to prevent it. To guard against this various devices have been employed, such as inserting pins or nails in the side of the snathe adjacent to its lower end, turning the end of the snathe with its lower end enlarged or with an annular rib of a size to hold the ring and other devices for the same purpose. It is expensive to form the snathe with the enlarged end and the nails or pins are commonly removed as soon as the implement is put into use as being in the way of and interfering with its work.

The object of my said invention is, therefore, to provide a means for retaining said rings securely on the snathe which will be permanent and not add to the expense of the structure and at the same time not interfere with the convenient and ready use of the implement, and also will serve as a means for centering the heel plate of the scythe snathe and clamping the wood at the end of the snathe beneath said heel plate, all as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings which are made a part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts,Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating a scythe and snathe of the type with which my said invention is employed, Fig.2 a perspective view of the lower end of the snathe showing the ring and attaching plate in position, and, Fig. 3 an end elevation thereof.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

Serial No. 695,274,

In said drawings, the portion marked A represent the snathe, B the scythe and C the clamping ring. Said snathe A, and scythe B are each of a common or any approved form, the snathe being flattened on one side at its lower end which portion has plate a mounted thereon for supporting the heel of the scythe and having sockets to receive the tang, as usual. Said scythe is formed with a shank F), turned substantially at right angles therewith, on which said engaging tang is formed. The ring C is also of any common or approved form and is mounted on the lower end of the snathe, as indicated in Fig. 2.

The plate a. has the sockets 10 to receive the engaging tang on the end of the shank b of the scythe, at its upper end and its other end is formed with transversely projecting wings 11 which extend beyond the respective edges of the flattened side of the snathe sufliciently to prevent the ring C from sliding ofl the end of said snathe when the parts are in position, and which are also curved downwardly to fit against the sides of the wood at each edge of the flattened portion and thus serve to center said plate on said flattened portion when being placed in position and to embrace and support the wood at said edges as clearly indicated in Fig. 3. Said plate is secured to said flattened side of the snathe by the screws 12 and, when the parts are assembled, a wedge 13 is driven between the ring and the top of shank 6, thus securing the scythe firmly in position. The ring 0 is thus held from sliding ofl the snathe in one direction by the transversely projecting Wings 11 on one side and by the nib 14 on the other side.

Having thus fully described my said invention what I claim is new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A scythe snathe provided with a clamping ring for securing the scythe thereon, said snathe being formed with a flattened portion at its lower end, a heel plate for the heel of the scythe to rest upon secured on said flattened portion, said plate being formed With Wings on each side projecting my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, laterally for a distance sufficient to prevent this thirteenth day of April, A. D. ninethe ring from sliding thereover, and downteen hundred and twelve.

Wardly to embrace the edges of the snathe HORACE B. HEWITT. [1,. s.] 5 at each side of said flattened portion, sub- Vitnesses:

stantially as set forth. E. W. BRADFORD. In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set T. A. BRADDOCK.

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Washington, D. C. 

